RanchMan90
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If you were to buy calves to resell for maximum return on feed or grass what size and gender would you buy and why?
Cog and vog are two of my favorite acronyms. Im always trying to perfect my setup. My current carrying capacity is to low for grass to be anything more than a roughage supplement. These thin heifers are shining up pretty well of 5 lbs of 16% ration. If and when I can make $100 on them I ship them 3-4 times a year. It wouldn't take much to upgrade your heifers just by turning a bull in, if a man wanted to own them that long.Stocker Steve":1qy5pk1k said:You should do a value of gain calculation on wts. by class. This usually shows grade 1-2 light wt. bulls have the highest VOG but they are too immature for grass... So it depends on your back grounding capacity and your feed quality and your stocking rate and whether they will get supplemented on grass and whether you are a per head or per acre or per $ guy. :cboy:
I am a per acre guy who is full up on 6 to 7 wt. heifers who will get 3# concentrate per day till the grass is not washy.
Come on in, the water's fine :lol2:dieselbeef":2wfp21ti said:if I knew that id already be done messing with cows
dieselbeef":3dqozm5u said:if I knew that id already be done messing with cows
Kell-inKY":19jz6yi6 said:Wish there was someone around here I knew that could teach me what to look for in calves so I could do this.
I've been making some really bad decisions on what I've purchased and what I've sold these past 4 years. I'll be honest though, I usually only learn from my mistakes, and only after making them quite a few times...
Kell-inKY":3ahvotff said:I've been making some really bad decisions on what I've purchased and what I've sold these past 4 years. I'll be honest though, I usually only learn from my mistakes, and only after making them quite a few times...
Didn't you just go to a school on this? I see a lot of Florida calves in my zip code, somebody must be turning a profit on them.dieselbeef":x3rfsxxu said:making money with all the answers is even easier..id just make my millions buying low and selling high and retire...
How are things looking for you guys that bought in early? Time to hold em or fold em?Ojp6":2l9fxn5h said:I'm just buying some calves to kick out on grass right now, but I will probably feed them a little bit too. I've got 10 bought so far 7 bulls and 3 heifers weighing in the 4s for about 1.05. Just the kind of calves I'm hoping will make number ones in 45-60 days so I can turn around and sell them and start looking for more just like them.
I'm betting the bulls will do a little better for me because there is very little difference in price in the bulls and the heifers that I am buying.
Sounds like a home run for 30 days.Ojp6":2qxiesyt said:I've sold a few, got about 30 left.
The ones I've sold did pretty good. I had some 598 lb bulls that cost 1.14 laid in that hadn't gained a lot because I bought them as fleshy bawling calves and didn't give them anything but grass for about 30 days. I sold them as weaned steers weighing 10 lbs more than they did when I bought them for 1.49 and about all I did was give them one round of shots and let them harden up a little bit.
One of the the guys that owns one of the barns I go to every week is supposed to let me know if he's got a deal for a bunch more on Thursday and if he can put a pretty good bottom on them I may sell 15 or 20 more.